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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Order: Falconiformes

Family: Accipitridae

Source of Bird Audio

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General Description

Expanding northward from Oregon. Rare in winter in lowlands in southwestern Washington; annual for the last decade at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (Clark County); probably increasing elsewhere along lower Columbia River. Scattered recent records both north and east from there.

Abundance

C=Common; F=Fairly Common; U=Uncommon; R=Rare; I=Irregular
Ecoregion	Jan	Feb	Mar	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Oceanic
Pacific Northwest Coast
Puget Trough	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
North Cascades
West Cascades
East Cascades
Okanogan
Canadian Rockies
Blue Mountains
Columbia Plateau

North American Range Map

Family Members

OspreyPandion haliaetus
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos